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NEET UG 2024 Exam Analysis: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Sunday held the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG) for over 24 lakh medical aspirants. The questions in the test were found to be moderate as per students who appeared for the test and experts in the field.
NEET UG 2024 was based on a rationalised syllabus and with the inclusion of topics beyond the traditional NCERT curriculum, particularly in chemistry and biology, Anil Ahlawat, CEO of MTG Learning Media said.
The NEET UG 2024, according to Ahlawat, was perceived by many candidates as moderately challenging. The physics section seemed to be the toughest for many featuring calculation-based questions. Biology was largely based on the NCERT syllabus, but included a few tricky questions that tested deeper understanding rather than rote memorisation. Chemistry was a mix of conceptual and practical questions that required a clear understanding of the fundamentals. All questions were solely from the reduced syllabus only, he added.
According to Nitin Viijay, Founder and CEO of Motion Education, the overall difficulty level of the exam was easy to moderate. While physics and Chemistry were a bit lengthy and easy to moderate compared to last year’s NEET exam, Biology was also moderate, he said.
The Physics section continued to be the toughest part of the NEET exam for many candidates, Ahlawat said. This year, it consisted mainly of numerical problems that required a strong understanding of concepts and calculation skills. Questions covered a broad range of topics, with a notable emphasis on Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Optics and Modern Physics. The exam included direct MCQs, match the column, assertion and reasoning, and statement-based questions. Notably, 30% of the questions were numerical based.
However, physics section, according to Viijay, was easy to moderate but a bit lengthy. There were more questions from NCERT, especially Class 11. Apart from this, there were questions about thermodynamics and optics.
According to MTG Learning Media, the Chemistry section was a balanced mix of physical, organic, and inorganic chemistry. The questions ranged from straightforward factual questions based on direct concepts from the NCERT textbooks to more application-based questions. The highest weightage was given to ‘Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques. Out of 50 questions, 9 were numerical-based, 7 involved matching the following, and 5 were statement-based.
The chemistry paper was easier than last year’s NEET exam. Physical chemistry was the toughest, followed by organic and inorganic chemistry, and questions from thermodynamics, kinetics, and periodic table were included in the exam, Motion Education said.
Biology was the easy to moderate, and most of the questions were asked from the NCERT curriculum only, Viijay said.
Biology had the highest weightage and consisted mostly of questions directly from or based on NCERT textbooks. The questions spanned both Botany and Zoology, with an emphasis on Human Physiology, Genetics, and Plant Physiology. Unlike previous years, this year’s question papers featured 6 figure-based and three direction-based questions, along with 30 ‘match the following’ and 17 statement-based questions. As 30% of the questions were of the ‘match the following’ type, some students found the paper a bit lengthy, the CEO of MTG Learning Media said.
